Wind leads at 23.7 GW but 17.6 GW of thermal generation persists, keeping prices elevated at 107 EUR/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 40%
Wind offshore 11%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 12%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 16%
62%
Renewable share
23.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
46.8 GW
Total generation
+4.5 GW
Net export
107.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
7.0°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
99% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
262
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 18.7 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling dark hills, rotors turning in moderate wind; wind offshore 5.0 GW appears in the far right background as a cluster of turbines standing in a faintly visible North Sea horizon line with blinking red aviation lights. Brown coal 7.6 GW occupies the left foreground as a massive Lausitz-style lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lighting. Natural gas 5.8 GW sits left-of-centre as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer, flanked by steel piping infrastructure. Hard coal 4.2 GW appears as a smaller coal-fired station with a single rectangular boiler house and conveyor belt, glowing embers visible through grate windows. Biomass 4.0 GW is rendered as a modest wood-chip fueled CHP plant with a short cylindrical stack and piled wood stores, set between the coal and gas plants. Hydro 1.4 GW appears as a small concrete run-of-river weir and powerhouse nestled in a dark valley stream in the middle distance. The time is 3:00 AM — the sky is completely black with heavy 99% overcast, no stars visible, no moon, no twilight, deep oppressive darkness. All illumination comes from artificial sources: harsh sodium streetlights casting orange pools, red blinking lights on turbine nacelles, white fluorescent glow from plant control rooms, and the eerie orange-white glow of cooling tower steam underlit by plant floodlights. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive reflecting the high electricity price — low clouds press down almost touching the cooling tower tops, mist clings to the ground, 7°C spring chill suggested by condensation on metal surfaces. Vegetation is mid-spring: fresh green grass and budding deciduous trees barely visible in the industrial light. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich deep tones of Prussian blue, lamp black, and warm ochre, thick visible brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth reminiscent of Caspar David Friedrich's nocturnes but depicting a modern industrial landscape with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower hyperbolic curve, and CCGT exhaust stack. No text, no labels.